How a vineyard can save us from wildfires. The story of fire wine.

In recent weeks, we have become familiar with the unsettling technical vocabulary surrounding forest fires: firestorms, “zombie” fires, and pyrocumulonimbus clouds. Climatic conditions are becoming more extreme, and the incidence of fires is on the rise: in 2026 alone, Spain and France saw more than 300,000 hectares go up in flames—an area twice the size of Rome. Consider the case of Les Landes, in the Gironde region of southwestern France: a rainy winter fostered abundant vegetation which, following a dry spring and a scorching summer, eventually dried out and became the perfect fuel.